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ˌuntouchaˈbility
[f. untouchable a.: see -ility.]
The quality or state of being untouchable; the condition or status of an untouchable; the social practice of having a class or caste of untouchables. Also transf.
1919F. B. Fisher India's Silent Revolution v. 110 The depressed classes are now holding Untouchability Conferences at frequent intervals. 1928Speeches Maharaja of Baroda 244 The question of untouchability was particularly Hindu. 1929Nineteenth Cent. Dec. 763 His own system..tends to perpetuate such cruel social abuses as untouchability and child marriage. 1952A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Structure & Function in Primitive Society vii. 138 An extreme sanctity or untouchability attached to a chief born of a brother and sister who were themselves children of a brother and sister. 1958Times 9 Sept. 9/6 The origin of untouchability in Japan is not clear. 1978L. Heren Growing up on The Times ii. 44 Untouchability, surely the greatest injustice in the history of mankind. 1979J. Wainwright Tension xvii. 59 She has a perpetual air of untouchability about her. 1982Times 24 June 3 Among the first generation [of Asians], untouchability is practised..in Britain... The Hindus of Southall have a separate temple for their untouchables. |